GETTING UP: Subway Graffiti in New York
(1982)
Beautiful copy of the scarce hardcover edition of this first academic examination of graffiti.
BCB New Arrivals
THE THRICE TOLD TALE: A Conceptual Artist's Flipbook
(1977)
Scarce first edition of this short and simple flipbook on one of the universal frustrations of being a working artist.
"ART CASH"
[1971]
Set of four (of six) "art cash" bills created for the "Art Cash Benefit for Television Programming," held by Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) in December 1971 at Automation House in New York — including the Andy Warhol "one."
MINUTES TO GO
(1960)
First printing of this early cut-up collaboration between four residents of Paris's fabled Beat Hotel.
THE HOMOSEXUAL HEALTH GUIDEBOOK
(1970)
First edition sexual reference work on practices, ailments, and remedies for the gay man, from the first year after Stonewall.
THE PASSIONATE POLLSTER
(1968)
First edition of this scarce piece pulp erotica about a door-to-door survey administrator who only has to knock once.
THE FIFTH GOAL 1998 - 2003. Transcendental Graffiti Zine.
(2015)
Limited first edition collection reproducing all eight issues of Blake Donner's zine devoted to the spirituality of freight train graffiti, with essays by Davis, Greg Bennick, Travis Low, and Laura Hamblin.
THE VOLUPTUARY LION POEMS OF SPRING
1997
First edition, with seven poems, of this Tender Buttons publication from founder Brown — with cover art by Juli Swartz and logo (on back cover) designed by Joe Brainard.
I WAS THERE THAT DAY
2016
First edition of this photography collection from the dawn of street-style skateboarding, featuring action shots of Mike Kelley, Stewart Way, and more.
D.O.A. / U-J3RK5
[1980]
Original concert flyer for a June 1, 1980 D.O.A. and U-J3RK5 show at Vancouver's Arcadian Hall.
XTC AT THE SHOWBOX FEB. 29 1980
1980
Original concert ticket from XTC's February 29, 1980 concert at the Showbox in Seattle.
THE AVENGERS, FRIDAY JUNE 1ST 1979
[1979]
Original concert ticket for legendary San Francisco punk band The Avengers at Washington Hall in Seattle on June 1, 1979.
THE EXTERMINATOR
1967
Second edition of the early cut-up collaboration, "like being turned loose in someones unconscious."
CHICAGO REVIEW: Volume 12, Number 3 (Autumn 1958)
1958
A landmark issue that brought the first of many attempts to censor Burroughs' opus.
10TH ANNIVERSARY FACTORY WALL PLANNER
[1988]
Ephemeral promotion slip for the Peter Saville-designed wall planner (FAC 240) issued on the anniversary of the founding of Factory Records, the label that ran the famous Manchester nightclub The Haçienda.
OUTLAWS FOREVER
(1969)
Garrulously inscribed first edition of this scarce self-published first-person account of life on the road with the Chicago Outlaws.
MANY HAPPY RETURNS
1969
Inscribed first edition of this early collection by the New York School poet, to a friend and fellow poet on the West Coast.
WALLACE BERMAN: RETROSPECTIVE
(1978)
Sharp first edition of the first major exhibition of the mail art pioneer, Verifax collagist, and Beat-adjacent iconoclast, following his untimely death.
LESBIANISM AND THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT
(1975)
First edition of this collection of writings by The Furies, the Washington DC-based lesbian feminist collective — from the library of groundbreaking Black feminist Barbara Smith.
MEMORY
(1975)
Inscribed first edition, association copy, of this increasingly uncommon work from Mayer — presented to fellow New York School poet Ted Berrigan.
FULL METAL POEM
(2010)
Small press limited edition magazine/anthology, playfully designed with poems, interviews, and art — from the library of poet Ron Silliman.
THE DRINK AND DRUG EVIL IN INDIA
1922
First edition of this critique of British colonial drug policy in India, with a foreword by Gandhi.
HOW DID I GET HERE? THE ASCENT OF AN UNLIKELY CEO
(2010)
Signed first edition of this personal reflection on the place where skateboarding meets entrepreneurship, by "the most famous and influential skateboarder of all time" (jacket) — additionally signed by several other riders, including snowboarder Shaun White.
THE VANCOUVER REPORT
(1964)
First edition of this first-hand report from the 1963 Vancouver poetry conference at the University of British Columbia — from Ed Sanders's notorious mimeo press.
THE BOOK WITH NO NAME
(1981)
First printing of this vital, colorful, and increasingly uncommon book that both helped document and launch the New Romantic movement.
